Slow Chocolate: Workshops

 
 

 
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Marcolini – Oriente Cuba Terruño de Baracoa

In a daring move, Marcolini chooses to position a Cuban chocolate at the upper end of the elite chocolate range. Will it pay off? Previous attempts at a Cuban origin have on the whole seen mixed results, so this bar will need t...
by Alex Rast
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Mast Brothers – The Brooklyn Blend 74%

Mast Brothers, known for a particularly distinctive style, provide here a blend in addition to their line of single-origins. There is interest in how they’ll interpret a blend – will they stay with their style, or w...
by Alex Rast
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Sainsbury’s – Taste The Difference Santo Domingo Organic Fairtrade 70%

Sainsbury’s join the trend of supermarkets entering the fray of “fine” chocolate using house-branded chocolates from various origins. This one will tick all the right boxes for the environmentally conscious, a...
by Alex Rast
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Marcolini – Grand Cru de Propriété Mexique

Marcolini shows his usual industriousness with a series of bars from various origins. It’s never made obvious which, if any, of the bars are made entirely in-house, but the percentages certainly vary from “standard&...
by Alex Rast
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Connoisseur Chocolate tours
 
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Rózsavölgyi Porcelana

The cult of fine chocolate spreads – now to Hungary. In fairness, it’s perhaps more fair to say that the tradition of fine chocolate from Hungary reaches the West – for this is a country with one of the oldest...
by Alex Rast
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Latest reviews

  1. Domori – Porcelana Alex Rast, 25 Feb 2012
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  3. Domori – Rio Caribe Georg Bernardini, 18 Feb 2012
  4. Potomac – Upala 70% Georg Bernardini, 18 Feb 2012
  5. Pacari – Raw Chocolate 70% Georg Bernardini, 18 Feb 2012

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